YouTuber deletes channel after outrage over \u201ccall\u201d with Kobe Bryant Jolto, YouTube \/ Keith Allison, Wikimedia CommonsNBA superstar and inspiration to many, Kobe Bryant, tragically passed away along with his daughter Gianna and seven other passengers in a helicopter crash on January 26 \u2014 but that isn\u2019t stopping some YouTubers from capitalizing on the accident. While the world mourned the unexpected and shocking passing of the nine victims, YouTuber \u201cJolto\u201d took things a step further, claiming to have \u201ccalled\u201d Bryant after his death and even claiming that the basketball legend was alive. In a video titled, \u201cCALLING KOBE BRYANT AT 3 AM! *OMG HE ACTUALLY ANSWERED* (HES NOT DEAD),\u201d Jolto faked a series of text messages with Bryant, the number of whom he\u2019d allegedly procured from the \u201cdark web.\u201d According to the phony messages, Kobe \u201cdidn\u2019t want anything to do with the mainstream media anymore\u201d and was \u201clooking for a way out.\u201d That\u2019s not all: the two even got on a fake \u201cphone call,\u201d where a disturbingly distorted voice called out, \u201cHelp me.\u201d Read More: Why is Dua Lipa being \u201ccanceled\u201d on Twitter? – Needless to say, Jolto\u2019s video incited criticism across social media, with many accusing the YouTuber of using Bryant\u2019s death as a means to score views. \u201cNah I feel he deserves every ounce of criticism,\u201d one user wrote. \u201cFair enough if he made a joke on the whim offline, but he physically went through the process to upload this to a website.\u201d \u201c\u2026I prayed that this wasn\u2019t going to happen but of course it did,\u201d another commented. \u201cHe constantly says \u2018I feel so bad,\u2019 and s**t like that, but then continues to disrespect to Kobe and his family.\u201d Still others compared him to the ongoing scandal surrounding fellow YouTuber \u201cJaystation,\u201d who is similarly coming under fire for seemingly faking the death of his girlfriend and even conversing with her via Ouija Board. Since then, Jolto\u2019s YouTube channel has been deleted, with the offensive video being re-uploaded on separate channels across the site. While Jolto\u2019s video was certainly offensive, YouTube commentator \u201cWillNE\u201d urged viewers not to \u201cwitch hunt\u201d the young creator, calling his upload a \u201cdumb mistake\u201d \u2014 one that will hopefully teach him a valuable lesson for future videos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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